Show SPEC SPECIAL conference CE OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS ACCORDING to previous announcement a special conference of or the church of jesus christ of latter day saints convened on this the fifth day of october 1871 ut ten am in the new tabernacle in ts this city I 1 i OH the stand were of the arst presidency brigham young geo A smith and Dan daniel lelH leih H wells I 1 I 1 of the twelve apostle oraon oreon pratt I 1 john taylor gliford wilford woodruff lT charles 0 rich rioh lorenzo snow r franklin D richards george Q cannon Brigha mYoung aj jr joaeph jseph f F smith of the fyrst first seven presidents denty denti of seventies joseph young albert P rockwood john van cott and horace S Ei El dredge dredie of me the presidency of the high priest pries 0 quorum ellas elias smith edward eael Sael grove gruve ye anti apts eilas ellas morris of ot the presidency of this stoke of zion george goorge B wallace wailace S and bd john T calne caine of the presidency of the tha bishopric edward hunter leonard W haray hardy and jesse jesso C little there were also stab bishops elders and leading men from every settlement in the tha territory the c cr a 1 r sang the towers of zion soon shall shan rise i elder joha john taylor offered up the opening prayer i mortals immortals awake I 1 with angel angelhow jiw JOW 11 was sung eung by the choir PRESIDENT A SMITH sald bald sad bad the design in the appointment of this meeting ws to have a days to the Saints previous 16 commencing the business of the semiannual con fer ference ened he spoke of the kind manhar manner in which the lord bad dealt with the people it seemed to be a weakness with most people that in the midst of prosperity they were apt to measurably forget their duty to god and it required something occasionally to stir them up to diligence there was a sufficiency of the necessaries of life in the territory business had increased among us aud and add great energy had bad been displayed by the people in the building of pt railroads and developing the resources of the cout dout country itry cooperation operation co had succeeded thus f fara farj a beyond the high highest eat an anticipations of I 1 it advocates and supporters but in thu midst olour of our oun proa prosperity gerdy gerby bad we been consistent with oun our profession assion aa as lat ter day sainta and Te remembered the interests of the kingdom of god how aver ever everthia this thib might be there were strong indications that the tho lord was stil mindful vai val adful of us jebus jesus said ible bleb blessed Blee sed ased aleye when all men shall speak evil of you for my bake sake there n never ever were more lies sent bent abroad concern conce ea us than now we should so 0 live that no evil can be spoken bespoken of us truthfully the elders would be called on to preach to the people during the four dars days we should probably be together president young wa was in rn feeble feebie beaith health yet it was exceeding exceedingly Oy gratt gratifying crying ti t have his presence at conference the tut faith falth and pray prayers ers of the saints wert desired for his recovery quite a num berof missionaries I 1 be called during conference lo 10 visit va rious portions af pf the united states to declare tho the gospel president smith then bore testimony to the truth of tue the jos dospel el ailo and the final triumph of the kingdom of god on an the cartti vansy ransy ilk DA DANIEL danien 1 I L 11 testified 0 o that god ha d asp from the hea hes qs vedis veris and revealed th i h I 1 g goepel 1 of which the latr day a y I 1 were the recipients joseph smith was inspired Inspire dot dof of the almighty and ind be con cod codi cori cuned with holy angels the world might ignore our testimonies yet tha the plan of salvation tir fir or the living and for the dead had bad ligen been restored and nothing could conid impede the progress of the great work the lord had commenced we were here and god was with be us we had bad come up together to the valleys of the mountains to learn of the ways of the lord and we had the most virtuous and industrious community odthe on the whole earth at na nt moment nent since the commencement I 1 ent of or this work had bad it ceased to grow and in crease tind and it would continue to be so and we would come off victorious in every struggle we might expect opposition in fact the road we had bad traveled hadnot had bad not been nesi neni near BO so rough as he expected it would be we know knok we had bad the truth so do many others who came in contact with us no whether they were wire willing tb 16 admit it or no and such knowing they were unable to cope with the truth by fair means or arguien argument t xe resorted sorted to disrel disreputable and unfair means to accomplish its overt overthrow brow ELDER GEORGE georoe Q CANNON addressed the conference lie he said there were many subjects which could be spoken abo about aboud ut and ils lis listened bened to with profit there were probably more reasons why the present present Confer conference enge should bb i a good one tha than might be expected under other circumstances occurrences which were transpiring should darouse arouse the people to diligence and unity ho he felt in his bis heart to prophesy peace to zion there was nothing in our surroundings to cause us to feel downcast but everything to the contrary theford eLord Th the lord bad had blessed us in these valleys during th the e past twenty four years in a marcellous marvellous marv ellous manner and should the adversary not marshal his bis hosts host sand and show his anger it would indeed be astonishing whether we resided here or went wont anywhere eise else it d did id not matter god had ched his work never more to be thrown down he did not anticipate however that we should have to leave this city or territory he rejoiced that the devil was not yet dead for we were not yet perfect and his hla services could not yet be dispensed with there was one thing which had been demonstrated beyond doubt that was that no dependence could be placed on the man who did not live his religion and who might be simply what was called a good fellow it took faith humility honesty virtue sobi sobriety lety and other qualities to constitute a true saint and it would only be those who ac sought bought to cultivate such qualities who would stand he bad watched the course of the first presidency and others against whom combinations had bad been formed and he rejoiced in seeing the serenity and peace that had pervaded their thein hearts notwithstanding the circumstances which surrounded them and ib lb witnessing this be he had thou thought what a blessed thing it was to be a servant of god having baving implicit confidence inthe alm aim almighty gaty blessed to have the assurance that nothing could occur to us but what was permitted by him we had broken no law we had not violated the constitution but we had served god and accomplished the work that was to be seen in these valleys the persecutions now being inaugurated against us would only enhance the interests a and n d accelerate the progress of the work of god the choir sang J ai praise him himo ulmo ahlm conference Con ferenc was vas adjourned until I 1 p in i era fra prayer grayer ei by president ae george 0 rg A 8 smith I 1 h J i 1 two p m thursday oct ahi ahl aai the choir sang I 1 god moves in a mysterious way i prayer by elder lorenzo snow 11 ere alere longtoe long iong the vall vail will rend read in twain was sung by the chair PRESIDENT JosE joserh JOSEPH piEr ribe YOUNG endorsed the sentiments advance advanced es by those who spoke at the morning meeting he alluded to the manifestations of the power of god in behalf of his people in every age and especially dwelt the goodness of the almighty to his saints in these latter days if be he should represent the feelings thab that ani aul an mated him he would but express those entertained by bis his brethren the laiter latter day saints believed in im theeda the efficacy of or the blood atonement of jaous christ for the redemption of ghe the humah human was a true principle aci nci pie if it a pein poin per evid evl evi deaca enoe ezoe presented Teb yeb received elved to we of the gosp eland bland should drive such impression away by resisting restating it he would mould bi beheld held heid guilty in th the ibe eight sight of Go goche god dHe due he continue continued dlo to speak for somo some time and aud bore i a powerful i testimony to the truth tenth of the great latt latter er day work ELDER JOHN alluded to the promise of jesus that those who obeyed heavenly principles should obtain a knowledge and testimony of their divine nature wherever the plan of hai bal salvation was found the people who embraced it would have a te testimony of jtb its truth and would hold out the same promise to all who would buld obe obo obey oboy y il it thea the ability to testify of the divine nature mature of the principles they had received was one of the peculiar ties which distinguished the Latte latter day iday saints from all other people it was a bad sign when hen those who professed to be latter day saints manifested fe s ted a disposition to steady the ark 11 1 as they thus showed an in inclination cli cil nation to mistrust iuis inis trust those whom the lord had bad ap pointed as his agents to oversee and aud carry on his work the almighty in his supreme wisdom kaew knew who were qualified to assist in bringing about his purposes and it was for us to sustain the priesthood he testified that he knew that god had revealed the everlasting gospel go in these days that his work would stand forever and that those who endeavor ed to overturn it would but accomplish their own ultimate discomfiture ELDER 0 W penrose said every every stage of his experience connected with the chur chui chuich ch of jesus christ only I 1 served to strengthen his faith I 1 in n the work goddad god had given him a witness that was satisfactory to his mind wherever be traveled handbore and bore bone testimony and the people received it they invariably testified that they also received a like witness what he said before this congregation he wo would till be willing to meet before the bar bai plurality of wives was an article of hla hia religious falth faith he adduced scriptural evi evidence dence denee to the truthfulness of or that doctrine and spoke of the evidence impressed on his mind by the tiri spirit of I 1 god when the revelation upon it was first made to him he continued to speak on op the nature ot of true marriage marriage with the latter day saints wab waa not a merb mera civil contract A marriage by a magistrate or civil officer was to them no marriage at all marriage was ordained of god and whether single or plural must be administered by one olae having authority from god this was a part 0 their religious faith previous to the passage of the act of 1862 which wais was a piece of special legislation for the people of the territory and being aimed against their religion was unconstitutional un as the great american people would one day acknowledge he testified strongly concerning the future triumph of the church of the living god and the crumbling of every opposing power tower and that the efforts now being made against would but serve to bind us closer together they would berve serve as a purifier of the church and we were now in need of a little purification rifi cation ELDER YOUNG JUN hext addressed the assemblage be said sald if a call were made for those who had re calved a testimony that god had bad spoken in these days to tw arise a very large majority would get upon their feet and the effect would be the same throughout the territory his testimony today was that god was vas as abie able to defend his people now as aa he lever was and he had bad shown his ability to do so iso in the past he quoted the saying trust in god and keep your powder dr dry 11 he ze knew that every honorable man would go with us in standing op up for our rights tights as men PRESIDENT GEORGE A eth SMITH said he had been pleased to listen to theles the tes ti monies of the brethren be he was aiso also gratified to beeso see so many people from froni A distance there was still plenty aplenty of room for the people of this city to come COMO here god had commena commenced d so to td speak a reconstruction of the human family and ho he used maed us as his instruments it was good for us to come together to talk over matters of profit th that st we might bestirred be stirred i dd up kip to activity ia the work we were identified with peace reigned in the one hundred and aft v et t clements tle ments of the territory and peace was one of the fruits of the gospel the ah tree was good and so therefore was waa the fruit the choir han ian bang sang g sing onto god gov prayer yer yen byeller by eider Elder C 0 bieh rich j the special conference ad journeA adjourned and swe thau that aneal anual cf woula vault 1 tuten tupen nast ensi |